Master's · Rome, Georgia
Is Business Administration, Management and Operations at Shorter University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $58,457
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $70,680
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,935
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $24k (likely $24k – $24k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $10k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.4 years (likely 4.3–11.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$83k (likely −$145k – −$19k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $68k (likely −$79k – $237k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$54,784
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- Human Services, General (Bachelor's)$50,113
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- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$46,272
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Business Administration, Management and Operations at other schools in Georgia
- Emory University$196,191
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus$178,484
- University of Georgia$154,042
- Kennesaw State University$133,753
- Georgia Southern University$116,006
- Georgia College & State University$98,271
- University of West Georgia$97,803
- Clark Atlanta University$90,217
- DeVry University-Georgia$87,024
- Valdosta State University$84,918